Qatar

The duality of the legal system

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10279801
AutoresA Nizar Hamzeh (0000-0003-3304-175X, autor de correspondencia)
Año1994
Volumen30
Número1
Páginas79-90
Fecha de publicación1994-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMiddle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0026-3206 • E-ISSN: 1743-7881
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00263209408700984
OpenAlexW2020503785
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6

characteristics define Qatar's particularity. First, as a traditional Muslim society, people have settled their disputes according to the sharia court (Islamic court), which applies sharia law (Muslim law). Second, the independence of Qatar in 1971 marked the termination of British protection and with it British jurisdiction over non-Muslim residents. Consequently, the Amir established the Adlia court (civil court) to meet the needs and problems which resulted from the termination of British jurisdiction.' The foregoing characteristics, peculiar to Qatar, have produced a viable dualism in its legal system different from that of the other Gulf

Dualism · High Court · Independence (probability theory · Islam · Jurisdiction · Political science · Sharia · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Law · Mathematics · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Philosophy · Socioeconomic Development in MENA